what have you done this week?

mrklaw

ok my November pension has been paid into RL so have started the transfer of my final chunk of cash to AJ Bell to convert to a 2029 gilt. Once thats in place my bridge is done.

only thing remaining is push into my wife’s SIPP as much as possible. I just transfered 8k from an ISA and that’ll go in this year to max her gross contributions to 95% of her salary. Worst case I have enough in VWRP to cover the rest but I’d prefer to leave that untouched and build her SIPP up over the next two years with contributions from salary - providing she doesn’t throw her boss out the window before that :)

BikingBud

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82199575#Comment_82199575

Absolutely this. More money cannot compensate for missing out on seeing your children do amazing things first hand and being able to puff your chest out in pride.

Bostonerimus1

Cashed in some investment funds to pay my taxes and to gift to family for Christmas.

Saw the films "You Can See Everything" and "Wild Horse Nine", both good.

Voted a straight Democratic ticket in the mid-term elections.

Went to a musical about abortion rights, very good.

Got a 60 mile bike ride in.

german_keeper

Bit of a loose end this week. My usual walking mate has been laid up. So time do do that painting that has been overdue for a while. Unfortunately I spotted a 5 part documentary on Netflix about The Vietnam War, not something l have ever known much about. Very interesting.

The paint cans remain unopened!

Bostonerimus1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82200376#Comment_82200376

I often get sidelined by podcasts; "The Rest is…" ones done by Gary Lineker's company Goalhanger are some favourites. "The Rest is History", "The Rest is Entertainment", "We Have Ways of Making you Talk" and "The Book Club" are on rotation on my phone as are "Within Reason", "Mindscape", "NewsAgents", "O God What Now", "Ill Advised", "Origin Story", "Page 94 - Private Eye" and lots of stuff from America's NPR, Radio4 and The Guardian…"Football Weekly" is always good.

bjorn_toby_wilde

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82200100#Comment_82200100

The musical about abortion rights caught my eye.

I can easily see abortion rights being the subject of a play, but a musical?!

ali_bear

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82200937#Comment_82200937

If you like podcasts you should see what is available to you via the BBC Sounds app. I know a lot of the World Service content is free abroad and maybe more if you were to use a VPN possibly. I subscribe to so much in Sounds that I am usually about a month behind and other sources of podcast never get a look-in.

phlebas192

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82200937#Comment_82200937

A lot of overlap there between your and my lists. Since our tastes obviously have something in common I might suggest:Cautionary Tales, If Books Could Kill, The Last Archive, The Memory Palace, You Are Not So Smart

I'll check out the ones you listed that I haven't sampled before.

Bostonerimus1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82201019#Comment_82201019

It was a "rock opera" about the women of the "Janes" network that provided abortions in Chicago in the early 1970s when it was illegal.

daveyjp

Last week Monday and Tuesday stuff around the house. Wednesday car MOT, passed for another year, a trip into the city for lunch and a talk in the main library. Thursday prepping for a weekend in London.

Friday trip to London, first time seeing Remembrance Sunday (amazing as we were on the rooftop of a building near the parade), proper Sunday lunch, picked up a cold, train back, delayed two hours, £80 delay repay payment made already.